FRIDAY, MARCH 4
ART Raja Ravi Varma at the Piramal Museum of Art
An exhibition of works by the nineteenth-century painter titled Pages of a Mind, Raja Ravi Varma: Life and Expressions.
When: Until Saturday, April 30. Open Monday to Friday, from 3 pm to 9 pm and Saturday and Sunday, from 10 am to 10 pm.
Where: Piramal Museum of Art, Piramal Tower, B Wing, Ground Floor, Peninsula Corporate Park, GK Marg, Lower Parel.

ART Lekha Washington at Sakshi Gallery
Mumbai artist Lekha Washington’s first solo show The Collective Noun or A Pound of Flesh and Suchlike is a set of installations, mixed media works and videos that explores “our relationship with ourselves, our bodies and our worlds”.
When: Until Thursday, March 31. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Sakshi Gallery, 6/19, Second Floor, Grants Building, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 6610 3424.

ART Thinking Tantra at Jhaveri Contemporary
A group show of works that refer to the Hindu practice of tantra by 16 Indian and international artists such as Prabhakar Barwe, Biren De, Alexander Gorlizki, Prafulla Mohanti, Jean-Luc Moulene and Jagdish Swaminathan.
When: Until Saturday, March 5. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Jhaveri Contemporary, 2, Krishna Niwas, 58A Walkeshwar Road. Tel: 022 2369 3639.

SHOPPING & STYLE Contemporary Weaves by Vinay Narkar at Artisans’ Centre
An exhibition and sale of saris designed by Vinay Narkar and made by weavers in Gadwal in Telangana using a traditional technique called kuttu, as well as those with kasuti embroidery from north Karnataka and Solapur.
When: Until Saturday, March 5, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Artisans’ Centre, V. B. Gandhi Marg, near Rhythm House, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2267 3040.

FILM ‘Womanhood - The Battle To Be Thyself’ at Liberty Cinema
Arts organisation Osian’s will screen films from Asia and Africa as part of its ongoing cinema and art festival ‘Womanhood - The Battle To Be Thyself’. For the complete schedule, visit Osianama.com. There is no entry fee.
When: Until Sunday, March 13.
Where: Liberty Cinema, opposite Bombay Hospital, Marine Lines. Tel: 022 2208 4521.

MUSIC Stree Shakti at the NCPA Experimental Theatre and Taj Mahal Tea House
Stree Shakti, an all-female band made up of Hindustani and Carnatic classical musicians, will play two concerts this weekend to mark International Women’s Day, which is celebrated on March 8. Led by percussionist Anuradha Pal, Stree Shakti includes vocalist Sharwari Nagwekar, kanjira player Krishna Priya, mridangam player Deepika Sreenivasan and violinist Charulatha Ramanujan. Tickets priced at Rs 250 and Rs 350 per head for the NCPA show are being sold on Bookmyshow.com. There is no entry fee for the recital at the Taj Mahal Tea House, which will feature Pal, Priya and Ramanujan.
When: Friday, March 4 at 6.30 pm at the NCPA and Saturday, March 5 at 10 am at the Taj Mahal Tea House.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567. Taj Mahal Tea House, John Baptista Road, opposite Bungalow 9, Bandra (West). Tel: 022 2642 0330.

MUSIC Karsh Kale at Blue Frog
Electro-folk-fusion rock multi-instrumentalist and composer Karsh Kale will play the Mumbai leg of his ongoing tour to promote his new album Up. Singers Benny Dayal and Monali Thakur will be the special guests at the gig, which will feature opening and closing sets by electronica DJ-producers Nerm Chauhan and Jayant Luthra respectively. The entry fee is Rs 800 per head.
When: Friday, March 4 at 10 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

MUSIC Olivier Giacomotto at Kitty Su
French tech-house producer and DJ Olivier Giacomotto will take over the console. Call the venue for details of the entry fee. See the Facebook event page for more information.
When: Saturday, February 27 at 10 pm.
Where: Kitty Su, The Lalit, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Road, Andheri (East). Tel: 022 6104 3145.

SATURDAY, MARCH 5
THEATRE Umrao at Prithvi Theatre
Hidayat Sami will direct this Hindi play based on nineteenth-century Urdu writer and poet Mirza Hadi Ruswa’s story Umrao Jaan Ada about a courtesan who leaves her kotha to seek an independent life just as the British are planning to annexe Oudh. Tickets priced at Rs 300 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, March 5 at 6 pm and 9 pm.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 5917.

TALKS Gagan Sethi and Vrinda Grover at Max Mueller Bhavan
Ahmedabad-residing development educator Gagan Sethi, who has helped set up several women’s organisations, will give a talk titled "What Is Still Unsaid" and Delhi-based lawyer Vrinda Grover will deliver a lecture titled "Legal Contestations: Testimonies and Testimonials". The event is part of Delhi artist Amar Kanwar’s ongoing show The Lightning Testimonies. For more details, see here and here.
When: Saturday, March 5 at 6.30 pm.
Where: Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, K Dubash Marg, near Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2202 7542.

THEATRE Battlefield at the NCPA Tata Bhabha Theatre
Legendary British theatre director Peter Brook, who directed a nine-hour stage version of the Mahabharata in 1985, will explore the violent aftermath of the battle in his new play. Tickets priced at Rs 500, Rs 1,000, Rs 2,000, Rs 3,000, Rs 4,000 and Rs 5,000 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6 at 7pm on both days. Also from Tuesday, March 8 to Saturday, March 12 at 7pm on each day.
Where: Tata Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

THEATRE I Don’t Like It. As You Like It at the NCPA Jamshed Bhabha Theatre
The second edition of Aadyam, the theatre initiative started by the Aditya Birla Group in 2015, will open with Rajat Kapoor’s I Don’t Like It. As You Like It. In the play, a group of clowns attempts to stage Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 750 and Rs 1,000 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Saturday, March 5 at 7.30 pm and Sunday, March 6 at 4 pm and 7.30 pm.
When: Jamshed Bhabha Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, NCPA Marg, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

MUSIC Stage Forty Twoo presents ‘Street Beat’ with Nucleya and Baba Sehgal at Blue Frog
Stage Forty Twoo, the month-long comedy and music festival organised by Only Much Louder and also known as Stage42, will conclude with this gig by Goa-residing bass music star Nucleya aka Udyan Sagar and Mumbai-based veteran Hindi rapper Baba Sehgal. Tickets priced at Rs 1,000 per head are being sold on Insider.in.
When: Saturday, March 5 at 10 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

SUNDAY, MARCH 6
THEATRE OK Tata Bye Bye at Prithvi Theatre
In this Hindi play written by Purva Naresh and directed by Rabijita Gogoi, two filmmakers arrive at a village of sex workers to document their lives and quickly realise that their subjects are a lot more dramatic than they had expected. Tickets priced at Rs 300 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, March 6 at 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm.
Where: Prithvi Theatre, Janki Kutir, Juhu Church Road, Juhu. Tel: 022 2614 5917.

MUSIC Orestis at Blue Frog
The psychedelic trance DJ and producer from Greece whose full name is Orestis Pefanis will play a set. The entry fee is Rs 700 per head.
When: Sunday, March 6, from 7 pm.
Where: Blue Frog, Mathuradas Mill Compound, Tulsi Pipe Road, Lower Parel. Tel: 022 6158 6158.

THEATRE Gauhar at Sophia Bhabha Hall
Written by Mahesh Dattani and directed by Lillete Dubey, this English play is a portrait of Gauhar Jaan, the early twentieth-century singer who was the first Indian artist to be recorded. Tickets priced at Rs 300, Rs 500, Rs 700, Rs 1,000 and Rs 1,200 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, March 6 at 7.30 pm.
Where: Sophia Bhabha Hall, Sophia College, Bhulabhai Desai Road, Breach Candy. Tel: 022 2353 8550.

MUSIC Giuliana Soscia Trio at the NCPA Experimental Theatre
Italian accordion player and jazz musician Giuliana Soscia will perform the Mumbai leg of her tour of India with double bass player Francesco Angiuli and drummer Pasquale Fiore. Tickets priced at Rs 500 and Rs 837 per head are being sold on Bookmyshow.com.
When: Sunday, March 6 at 8.30 pm.
Where: Experimental Theatre, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Nariman Point. Tel: 022 2282 4567.

ONGOING
ART After Midnight: Indian Modernism to Contemporary India, 1947/1997 at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Curated by gallerist Arshiya Lokhandwala, this exhibition features works of art produced after 1997, the fiftieth anniversary of Indian independence. Tickets for Indians are priced at Rs 10 per head for adults and Rs 5 per head for children below the age of 13, and tickets for foreigners are priced at Rs 100 per head for adults and Rs 50 per head for children below the age of 13.
When: Until Sunday, March 6. Open Thursday to Tuesday, from 10 am to 5.30 pm; Wednesday, closed.
Where: Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Rani Baug, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Road, Byculla. Tel: 022 2373 1234.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION Tabiyat at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Organised by the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, the British Council and the Wellcome Collection UK, this exhibition of artworks and objects related to medical practice and health in the subcontinent is a capsule of Indian medical history. Most of the exhibits are from the Wellcome Collection, a museum in London run by the medical research charity Wellcome Trust. See here for details. Tickets are priced at Rs 70 per head for Indian visitors above the age of 12, Rs 20 per head for children between the ages of five and 12 and Rs 300 per head for foreign nationals above the age of 12.
When: Until Monday, March 28. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 10.15 am to 6 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: Premchand Roychand Gallery, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2284 4484.

ART Amar Kanwar at Max Mueller Bhavan
The Lightning Testimonies is a show of video installations on sexual violence in the Indian subcontinent by the Delhi-based artist.
When: Until Sunday, March 6, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Gallery Max Mueller Bhavan, Goethe Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, K. Dubash Marg, near Jehangir Art Gallery, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2202 7542.

ART Sahej Rahal at Chatterjee & Lal
Photographs and drawings of performance artist Sahej Rahal enacting made-up Jedi-like characters in places such as Vasai Fort, the rock garden in Chandigarh, Rome and Sodoshima Island in Japan make up his new solo show Adversary.
When: Until Saturday, March 12. Open Tuesday to Saturday, from 11 am to 7 pm; Sunday and Monday, closed.
Where: Chatterjee & Lal, 01/18 Kamal Mansion, First Floor, Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba. Tel: 022 2202 3787.

ART Womanhood: Through the Eyes of Indian and Modern Contemporary Art at Tao Art Gallery
An exhibition of paintings and sculptures on the theme of women by artists such as Chittaprosad, Nandlal Bose, Bharti Kher, Akbhar Padamsee, Jamini Roy, F. N. Souza and Hemen Mazumdar. The show, which has been put together by arts organisation Osian’s, is part of its ongoing art and film festival ‘Womanhood: The Battle To Be Thyself’. For more details, visit Osianama.com.
When: Until Sunday, March 27. Open daily, from 11 am to 7 pm.
Where: Tao Art Gallery, 165 The View, Dr. Annie Besant Road, Worli. Tel: 022 2491 8585.

MUSEUM EXHIBITION The State of Architecture at the National Gallery of Modern Art
Curated by architect Rahul Mehrotra, art curator Ranjit Hoskote and writer and lecturer Kaiwan Mehta and organised by the Urban Design Research Institute, this exhibition explores contemporary Indian architecture as well as the history of architectural practice in the country. See here for details. The show is supplemented by a series of talks as well as satellite shows at various venues. For the complete schedule, visit Stateofarchitecture.in. Tickets are priced at Rs20 per head for Indians and at Rs500 per head for foreign nationals. There is no entry fee for children studying in school up to standard 12.
When: Until Sunday, March 20. Open Tuesday to Sunday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Monday, closed.
Where: National Gallery of Modern Art, Madame Cama Road, Kala Ghoda. Tel: 022 2288 1969.

PHOTOGRAPHY Gardens Of The Mind at Tarq
Curated by Bangalore photography gallery Tasveer, Gardens of the Mind is an exhibition of images of the natural world by two photographers, India’s Swapan Nayak and France’s Gilles Bensimon.
When: Until Thursday, March 17. Open Monday to Saturday, from 11 am to 6 pm; Sunday, closed.
Where: Tarq, F 35/36 Dhanraj Mahal, Apollo Bunder, Colaba. Tel: 022 6615 0069.